edu 304 - comparative education - National Open University of Nigeria

within the British common wealth of nations became a Republic in 1961
with a former school teacher, Julius Nyerere as the first Executive
president of the country. However, in 1964, Zanzibar as well as
Tanganyika became one under a new name, Tanzania.
In Tanzania, by the year 1945, there were about one thousand and
one hundred teacher trainees. These teacher trainees were for only the
primary schools.
3.7.2 Education Curriculum
The curriculum of primary school teachers' institution include
among others, national service with an emphasis on military training
and nation building, Ujama political education, school organization,
educational psychology, adult education, youth leadership, academic
subjects as well as teaching methodology.
3.7.3 Introduction of UPE
In the country, the introduction of Universal primary education
policy led to an increase in the pupils’ enrolment in the primary schools.
The increase in the enrolment made Tanzania government to reduce the
training period by one year. In addition, the government organized
workshops and seminars for her teachers in the primary schools in order
to improve the Tanzanian primary education standard.
All teacher training institutes in Tanzania contribute to their own
up keep. Each College has a farm which provides the food eaten by the
school community. To some extent, the welfare of the teacher trainees
depends on the farm output.
3.7.4 Teacher Education at the Secondary school Level
In Nigeria, the Christian Missions did not pay much attention to
the training of secondary school teachers. They were mostly concerned
with the training of primary school teachers. Any other education apart
from primary was superfluous as they only needed interpreters and a
few Nigerians who could serve them.
However, the establishment of the Yaba Higher College in 1932
brought about the introduction of the diploma in education programme
which took care of secondary school teachers.
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